The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05

him drink whisky or turn into an icicle, he
says, and he begged me to send him some
where else. | believe in sticking to first
principles, so | sent him back"
Mr.. Higgins was evidently i'll a good
humor, so the Euening Sun reporter, who
was present, asked him what effect the eX-
ercise of his first principles in the late Balti-
more election would have on his position as
Appointment Clerk.
See here, that's all right. saw yester-
day that the EUening sun got after me
about telling the truth, and gave hint that
| had better keep my mouth shut. All I've
got to say is that never told the truth in
my life; I've got it in me, but it's going TO
stay there, and when die will be buried
with men
But didn't you say that civil service is a
fraud?"
Say it. Why, of course j did, and I'll
say it again. Here's a man been working
for the Democratic party ever since he was
allowed to vote When we get in u Demo-
cratic administration he comes up and asks
for a one-thousand-dollar- position.
He is over the civil service age-46, believe
and can't get it. Been working for the
party ever since he was of age, and just be-
cause he is AZ years old, when man ought
to be at his best, he is ruled out. Pass the
examination. Why, of course he could.
But he amt of civil service age. He's done
too much work for the party. We've got a
whole lot of clerks in the Treasury Depart
ment who never passed civil service eX-
animation. About 700 of them are Repub-
licans. Ask them to be examined and they
throw up their hands and yell bloody
murder.
Every one of those fellows tried to keep
us out, and they'll try it again if they think
there is q show of winning. When man
plays cards for stakes and wins he wants
the stakes You can't rid an election of the
offices, no way you try it, and when the
games over the winning party ought to
rake down the pile or know the reason
why"
'FMr Higgins, what do you think of
President Cleveland as the exponent of civil
service reformg'
"Well, I'll tell you; Cleveland is a thor
oughly honest man, and is carrying out the
platform adopted by the Democratic Con
vention in Chicago the very best he can.
"Do you think that he is growing popular
by doing sou
"Populara Say, his popularity is jump
rabbit and it's dollars to doughnuts that
he'll carry Rhode Island It's long time
before the nomination, though, but if he
gets it come and see me for your odds on
Rhode Island, and besides that it's even
money on his carrying Massachusetts, The
Mugwumps are getting there fast"
Mr.. Higgins declined to explain where
the Mugwumps were getting, and a gentle
man in the party, who said he was barna-
cled Democrat, and he knew that Cleveland
would be knitted in New York, drew out
this:
"Pshaw, you'll all fall into line. When
was little boy my mother had to pay me
to take castor oil. Now you can go to a
drug store and get it dosed up so that you
wouldn't know it from a mint julep. II
Cleveland gets nominated just go and
get your castor oil dosed up and swallow it,
and say Let it go at that But this is
dry talking. What do you say, guilty?
Every man in the party said guilty,
and all moved away to get little humidity.